The Electrolux Design Laboratory 2004 event was held in New York City on November18th. The event was the culmination of a competition whose purpose was to solicit innovative appliance concepts for the year 2015. First prize was won by a team from the University of NSW in Australia, for their Rockpool waterless dishwasher.
The Rockpool uses supercritical carbon dioxide as a solvent. The good part is that SCCO2 eliminates the need for water and detergent, and thus leaves a smaller ecological footprint.
Some concerns are that SCCO2 is not so good at removing inorganic materials, and then there’s the matter of the energy needed to compress the CO2 enough to reach its critical pressure of about 1,070 psi or 72 atmospheres.
Following are losing entries from other countries:
Brazil: Mobile refrigerator that eliminates trips to the kitchen.
China: Hot-Pot Party a movable and multifunctional kitchen.
Czech: Washman scans fabric type, selects wash cycle & dries clothes
Portugal: NFridge uses magnetic refrigeration
Sweden: FooZoo intelligent fruit bowl that controls humidity & temperature
UK: Ceramic Cooking tablet that uses induction-heating
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April 25th, 2005 at 10:14 pm